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I actually like this banner but i have to agree with azure the text is a bit hard to read...i think you may need some effects to brighten it up a bit to see it a bit better...as well it is a bit fuzzy what kind anti-aliasing did you use btw darhue? was it set to strong,crisp,none, sharp or smooth...if its none that makes it look fuzzy and horrible looking...also i find the lighting fine imo thats just me though if you do more it may over do it and if you make it darker it just look so as well....

Took me a while to figure out whats in the background. I think the bigger render of Ed in the BG makes the left part of the banner look crowded. Also, the whole name is barely readable except for the "hrue" part. Other than that, the right part of the banner seems perfect to me. Great use of scanlines, and I think the light source combined with the blown dust or dirt thing in the lower right corner is pretty cool.

Looks pretty good! I'd say that the background picture whether it's of a homunculus or of Ed again, is too zoomed in. All I can make out is the eye. :/ Other than that, the image itself looks incredible and, the I like your choice of anime XD FMA is my favorite one

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I do shiny cards sometimes and with my new computer screen installed i'm noticing it's very hard to see the background image, which is dissapointing because SCs are very simple and easy to make so IDK what's going on. I'd be happy if you could tell me that you can see the background image or if you can't. Thank you!

hello i used to do art and run clubs and play competitive and then i was inactive for a long time and now im back-ish maybe
my 3DS FC is 4811/7177/1372
my name is Liam, it's nice to meet you
/u/ChapterLiam of /r/SmashBros

I actually like this banner but i have to agree with azure the text is a bit hard to read...i think you may need some effects to brighten it up a bit to see it a bit better...as well it is a bit fuzzy what kind anti-aliasing did you use btw darhue? was it set to strong,crisp,none, sharp or smooth...if its none that makes it look fuzzy and horrible looking...also i find the lighting fine imo thats just me though if you do more it may over do it and if you make it darker it just look so as well....

also shadow loving those userbars

Originally Posted by AnakBaé

Took me a while to figure out whats in the background. I think the bigger render of Ed in the BG makes the left part of the banner look crowded. Also, the whole name is barely readable except for the "hrue" part. Other than that, the right part of the banner seems perfect to me. Great use of scanlines, and I think the light source combined with the blown dust or dirt thing in the lower right corner is pretty cool.

Thanks so much guys, love the feedback. I'm having a really hard time with text. I don't know why. I should've simply just made the "DA" brighter when I did the gradient. I erased some of it that's why D:

Been having a lot of success mixing up Fractals and C4D's in one banner with very limited brush work. Thanks Azure for that inspiration (:

I do shiny cards sometimes and with my new computer screen installed i'm noticing it's very hard to see the background image, which is dissapointing because SCs are very simple and easy to make so IDK what's going on. I'd be happy if you could tell me that you can see the background image or if you can't. Thank you!

Looks pretty good! I'd say that the background picture whether it's of a homunculus or of Ed again, is too zoomed in. All I can make out is the eye. :/ Other than that, the image itself looks incredible and, the I like your choice of anime XD FMA is my favorite one

EDIT:

I do shiny cards sometimes and with my new computer screen installed i'm noticing it's very hard to see the background image, which is dissapointing because SCs are very simple and easy to make so IDK what's going on. I'd be happy if you could tell me that you can see the background image or if you can't. Thank you!

Hey CoC. Would be nice to add more details and reduce the capacity of some items. They're all good for the basics, but there are lots of potential spaces. no. 2 would be my favorite simply because of the background color.

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I'm currently experimenting with this thing and still unable to be satisfied by it. :[
Any critics would be greatly appreciated.

Looks pretty good! I'd say that the background picture whether it's of a homunculus or of Ed again, is too zoomed in. All I can make out is the eye. :/ Other than that, the image itself looks incredible and, the I like your choice of anime XD FMA is my favorite one

EDIT:

I do shiny cards sometimes and with my new computer screen installed i'm noticing it's very hard to see the background image, which is dissapointing because SCs are very simple and easy to make so IDK what's going on. I'd be happy if you could tell me that you can see the background image or if you can't. Thank you!

While this may just be me, I find the backgrounds too plain. You can hardly see the Pokemon back there, and the plain white area around them seems to really drain the color out. I would try filling that space and making the background Pokemon pop out a bit more.

Looks pretty good! I'd say that the background picture whether it's of a homunculus or of Ed again, is too zoomed in. All I can make out is the eye. :/ Other than that, the image itself looks incredible and, the I like your choice of anime XD FMA is my favorite one

EDIT:

I do shiny cards sometimes and with my new computer screen installed i'm noticing it's very hard to see the background image, which is dissapointing because SCs are very simple and easy to make so IDK what's going on. I'd be happy if you could tell me that you can see the background image or if you can't. Thank you!

(they actually don't, just take a little while if you don't know what you're doing)
In the first two, I can see the edges in the gif. Which isn't good.
You can a) use the eraser to erase the edges, or b) when resizing, make it fit the edges of the banner.
Cause your Kagamine banner's gif doesn't even reach the top. And the edges on the first one are really obvious.
And your text on the first one is cut off ._.

Last one is better than the other two, but you have some pixels on the right edge that are kind of distorted or something.

Username: TurboPieFireNickname: TurboWhat art you enjoy doing: Digital, just drawing, I enjoy working with pastels, and I have been getting into Ceramics recently.How you became interested in art: I got into digital art by seeing the majority of people I know on here do art. I always been into art, probably started getting really interested when I won an award in 3rd grade...

Username: TurboPieFireNickname: TurboWhat art you enjoy doing: Digital, just drawing, I enjoy working with pastels, and I have been getting into Ceramics recently.How you became interested in art: I got into digital art by seeing the majority of people I know on here do art. I always been into art, probably started getting really interested when I won an award in 3rd grade...

Lots of members joining, huh?

Originally Posted by Astral Shadow

Well I was going to critique for once but it looks every point I would have made for suggestions have been made already by someone else q.q

Also thinking about doing a button for the club since we have a userbar(from SM).

...I'm not sure what to say to that. o_o

We also have a huge banner. Well, we used to.
And the bars are made by Eevee (FairyWitch) not SM.

To your banners, Lulu is made pretty well, but to the other one, the render has some extraction marks.
Not much though, and since it's cycling, I don't think you'll really notice it...

EDIT: epicjirachifan, there was actually text on your Kagamine banner? I swear, just noticed that now. I could barely read it cause it was black like the gif. Might want to outline it or make it a different color.

Nice But i agree with everyone else, The white background realy drains the colour, and makes it a bit... bland (if thats the word...) the charizard one is the best IMO simply because of the colour.

Sorry for bieng so inactive

hey there epic and your animation banners are nice but only problem i have is that the transparency on one i can see the gif cut off which alot of people have a hard time is blending the gif in the banner mostly alot of layers and correct colors that blend with the image and gif works well...layers are the key for that....also this is just me i have a strange ocd about banner sizing but i feel the banner is really like a box >.> i find banners more rectangular just these banners to me are a bit off but that is just me though...not sure if its me the first banner text seems a bit cut off >.> not sure but the X i think is on the left is off the banner...as well as try adding stroke the banner for like a border...i find bordering with black or white gives nice touches to the banner and looks more finished imo...gifs can be smaller then the banner but it takes alot of work to not show its edges...good job though

edit: I think nick didn't save the banner for the club as well as the userbars so they got erased but shadow how did you get it >.> i could somehow though remake a banner again for you guys out my kindness though of my free time for the club....I feel bad though also yeah shadow i need to remake those userbars tbh i think i can do better now ...its up to you guys though about the new banner thing just let me know...

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I can't find anything. The lighting n stuff. It's all good.
Imo the text size and color is perfect. You don't want a big text that will absorb more attention than the actual work of that banner.
Great work!